Rose McGowan Accuses Harvey Weinstein of Rape in New Tweets

Last week actress Rose McGowan was named as one of the numerous women who have brought forward allegations of sexual misconduct against Harvey Weinstein–and as The New York Times reported, McGowan reached a $100,000 settlement with the producer in 1997. The settlement stemmed from an incident at a hotel during the Sundance Film Festival, but McGowan was seemingly forbidden from speaking about it because of a nondisclosure agreement.

According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, journalist Ronan Farrow had secured an interview with McGowan for a piece he was working on about Weinstein, one that he initially planned to cover for NBC News but was ultimately published in The New Yorker. But after McGowan gave the interview, "her lawyer contacted Farrow and NBC to revoke consent because it could put her in legal jeopardy given the terms of her settlement agreement," said "sources with knowledge of the situation."

In 2016 McGowan tweeted that she had raped by a Hollywood executive and on Thursday afternoon, in a series of tweets directed at Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the actress alleged that Harvey Weinstein raped her.

McGowan's tweets came just hours after the actress was temporarily suspended from the social media platform. Twitter said that they blocked her account because she had posted a private phone number, thus violating their terms of service, and added that they are "proud to empower and support the voices on our platform, especially those that speak truth to power."